"Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall 1 send, and who will go for Us? Then said I, Here am 1; send me." Isaiah 6:8.-
From Isaiah's experience in the above passage, we discovered that a man can be preaching up and down as Isaiah was doing, yet, God will never cease to ask "whom shall I send and who will go for Us?" Isaiah never saw or knew that his very position had been advertised. But something happened that made him to start thinking, and that experience brought Isaiah to a stand still where he met and knew God better. Isaiah suddenly discovered that God was looking for someone else apart from him.
What was basically wrong with a man like Isaiah that God had to look for someone else despite the fact that he was there in full-time ministry? When Moses died it was normal for God to advertise his position and when it was time for Elijah to go, God also advertised to the sons of the prophets if there was any one of them who was willing to come in.
But I cannot understand how a man is actively ministering, and having what we call a fiery message yet heaven is still asking "whom shall we send, and Who shall go for Us?" If any body over-heard that cry of God, the person would wonder what the reason was, seeing that someone like Isaiah was already there. But heaven seemed to be saying Isaiah was there as if there was nobody. Whatever he seemed to be doing, from 16 heaven's point of view, was "undone". The God-head not making any profit, and there was no concrete advancement in that ministry. There were plenty of activities, sweating and movement... but no displacement. Not every movement is an advancement, you know Rotation is also a movement of some sort but in a circle; so the advancement is zero. displacement. A swing is also a movement but with no tangible advancement. Such is the kind of ministries and services that several are up to today in the name of the Lord. And that is why from heaven's perspective, several active ministries are "unprofitable" and "undone" such that, while they are going on, God is still crying for a replacement - a servant that will satisfy His heart. Ours may not be like Isaiah's but I pray that God will provide for us an occasion that will drive us back to check if our ministry is also not 'undone'.
The cry of my own heart is why should I be there and heaven will say there is nobody yet? We will therefore try to trace what was wrong in the ministry of Isaiah and such similar ministries, and why God may go out of His way to allow such 'ministries' to go on, even provide for, and support them,knowing that He is quietly looking for a perfect alternative,From and will at the end discard them. It is this that has brought a catic serious fear to my heart when I now realize that support, provisions, and several other additions to a man's life and minis-men try may not be the most important single yardstick that what conc Pron a man is doing has fully met God's approval. Let the wilderness experience of the children of Israel be a lesson to our child hearts..